People who are……

……. not leaders automatically gravitate toward lines–limitations set by others. Many people are taught this in kindergarten when they are instructed to stay within the lines while colouring. But leaders are more creative than that. They look for options and opportunities. They try to take things in a new direction, or beyond the limit. Progress and innovation are made by people who think without lines.

– John C Maxwell

Leadership is…..

……. about creating the future, not predicting it.

– Marshall Sashkin & Molly Sashkin

Anyone can….

…. steer the ship, but it takes a leader to chart the course.

– John C Maxwell

Leaders are expected……

…….. to look into the future, to gaze across the time horizon and communicate to us what they see. It’s not about being prescient or clairvoyant. It’s about being discerning and perceptive. It’s about noticing what’s around the corner.

– James Kouzes & Barry Posner

That’s what leadership is….

….. all about, identifying quality people, giving them the opportunity and experience to create and develop to continue to make the company successful. The best leaders identify and mentor potential leaders. A leader’s most important legacy is the leaders he or she develops.

– Kenneth Strong & John Dicicc0

If the experience ….

… of leadership is like being at the edge of an unfamiliar chasm, the act of leadership is building a bridge across that chasm.

– Kevin Cashman

Leadership is …..

……. ultimately about creating a way for people to contribute to making something extraordinary happen.

– Alan Keith

Leaders are creatures…..

…… of their environment, but unlike most creatures, they are also movers of it. As movers of and within the organization, they push it forward, at the same time shaping it as much as it shapes them.

– John Baldoni

“You did what…..

……..your heart told you to do. It is what leaders, not followers, do.”

– Tonya Hurley

“If you want to build a ship…..

……, don’t drum up the men to gather wood, divide the work, and give orders. Instead, teach them to yearn for the vast and endless sea.”

– Antoine De Saint-Exupery